Organic dairy advertising volume set a number of records; ice cream and cream cheese manufacturing account for the strongest demand on national cream supplies; and cheese production was reported slower as reduced volumes of milk were available for manufacturing, according to the USDA's Dairy Market News.

Each year, the American Dairy Products Institute partners with the American Butter Institute for a joint annual conference for more than 700 manufacturers, marketers and suppliers of manufactured dairy products Attendees gather to hear prominent industry and government representatives discuss the state of the dairy industry.

The 2012 conference is going to be one of the premier events of the year! Timely industry topics, informative presentations and outstanding speakers will be featured. Prominent industry leaders, dairy economists and other business experts will lead a full program of conference sessions. As is always the case at the ADPI/ABI Annual Conference, there will be plenty of business conducted in the hotel suites, hallways and dinner tables.